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Truth : a brief history of total bullsh*t / Tom Phillips.
This is a book about TRUTH--and all the ways we try to avoid it--from the bestselling author of Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up. We live in a "post-truth" world, we're told. But was there ever really a golden age of truth-telling? Or have people been lying, fibbing and just plain bullsh*tting since the beginning of time? Tom Phillips, editor of a leading independent fact-checking organization, deals with this question every day. In Truth, he tells the story of how we humans have spent history lying to each other--and ourselves--about everything from business to politics to plain old geography. Along the way, he chronicles the world's oldest customer service complaint, the Great Moon Hoax of 1835 and the surprisingly dishonest career of Benjamin Franklin. Sharp, witty and with a clear-eyed view of humanity's checkered past, Truth reveals why people lie--and how we can cut through the bullsh*t.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781335983763 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 319 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : Hanover Square Press, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Originally published in 2019 in the United Kingdom by Wildfire, an imprint of Headline Publishing Group"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Subject: | Truthfulness and falsehood. Disinformation. Fake news. Disclosure of information. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Lakeshore Branch | 177.3 Phi | 31681010194918 | NONFICPBK | Available | - |
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An editor of a leading independent fact-checking organization tells the story of how we humans have spent history lying to each otherâand ourselvesâabout everything from business to politics to plain old geography. Original. 250,000 first printing. - Harlequin
This is a book about TRUTHâand all the ways we try to avoid itâfrom the bestselling author of Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up.
We live in a âpost-truthâ world, weâre told. But was there ever really a golden age of truth-telling? Or have people been lying, fibbing and just plain bullsh*tting since the beginning of time?
Tom Phillips, editor of a leading independent fact-checking organization, deals with this question every day. In Truth, he tells the story of how we humans have spent history lying to each otherâand ourselvesâabout everything from business to politics to plain old geography. Along the way, he chronicles tales like:- the worldâs oldest customer service complaint
- how Bill Gates and Steve Jobs first sold products that didn't work yet
- the Great Moon Hoax of 1835Â
- the surprisingly dishonest career of Benjamin Franklin
Sharp, witty and with a clear-eyed view of humanityâs checkered past, Truth reveals why people lieâand how we can cut through the bullsh*t.
